Author is very critical of the Newman Report and its implications for university education. The Carnegie Report, on the other hand, gives sound suggestions for the directions universities must take to keep abreast of changing educational needs. (LF)

A recent study of colleges and universities reports that there no longer exists anything resembling a common curriculum for all students. The report attributes this occurrence to a shift from colleges to universities with few basic course requirements and to the fact that institutions of higher education are now competing for students. (CP)

Reprint from "The Foreign Language Courier , No. 42, June 1969. (DS)

Urges professors not to take a stand against revision of the foreign language requirement; suggests curriculum changes proposed could be beneficial and more apt to suit student needs. (DS)

Speech delivered at a conference held at Chowan College, Murfreesboro, North Carolina on October 9, 1970. (DS)

This conference paper includes two major sections. A summary of a report made by Mr. John Dusel to the National Council of State Supervisors of Foreign Languages on December 1-2, 1969 focuses on results of a survey of college foreign language requirements in some 40 states and on general implications suggested by a general abandonment of such…

A compilation of recommendations affecting the requirements at the University of Illinois includes chapters on foreign language study relating to degree requirements, program objectives, cultural objectives, motivation and interest, methods, and individual differences. A full description of the requirement by the college, a questionnaire used by…

In January 1993, the Illinois Articulation Initiative was launched to facilitate the transfer of students among Illinois colleges and universities through the development of a general education core curriculum and agreements on the courses essential for students transferring to baccalaureate majors. This report provides an overview of the…